Car-coupling



(No Model.)

H.Y MEGORDEN. GAR GOUPLING. No. 439,967. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

. .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I'IOLIVER MEGORDEN, 0F FARMINGTON, TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,967, dated November4, 1890.

Application filed May 28, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HoLIvER MEGORDEN, of Farmington, in the county ofSan Juan and Territory of New Mexico, have invented a new and improvedCar-Coupling, of which the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedcar-coupling, which is simple and durable in construction and automaticin coupling the cars.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement as on two cars ready forcoupling. Fig. 2 is a front view of the improvement. Fig. 3 is a planview of the improvement as applied. Fig. 4 is a transverse section ofthe improvement on the line y y of Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinalsection of the improvement on the line w ot' Fig. 3.

The draw-head A., on which the car-coup ling is applied, is provided inits front with an opening B, into which is adapted to pass one end of acoupling-link C, provided at each end with a head D or D', forming ontop shoulders E and E', respectively, and which are adapted to pass intoa recess B of the draw-head, as is plainly shown in Fig. 5. The headsDandD are adapted to be engaged by a transverselyextendin g lever F,fulcrumed at one end on a pin G, secured longitudinally in thedraw-head, the said lever extending through a transverse and taperingslot H, formed in the draw-head so as to intersect the opening B. Thelever F, preferably, extends to one side of the car, so that the saidlever can be conveniently manipulated without. the operator steppingbetween the cars.

The lever F is adapted to be locked in place by a pin I passing througha longitudinallyextending opening formed in one side of the draw-headand opening at the front of the same. The pin I passes over the lever Fwhen the latter is in a lowermost position, so that an upward movementof the said lever is prevented. The pin I is provided with a down-Serial No. 353,441. (No model.)

wardly-extending arm I', connected with a chain J, secured on thedraw-head A, so that the pin I is suspended from the said drawhead whennot in use for locking the lever F, but within convenient reach for theoperator to lock the said lever when desired.

' The arm I is adapted to pass intoa vertically-extending recess K',leading to the opening K, and formed at or near the front of thedraw-head at one side of the opening B. (See Fig. 2.) When'the pin I,with its arm I', is in place on the draw-head, neither the said pin norits arm projects and therefore formsno obstruction whatever.

The operation is as follows: The pin I being detached from thedraw-head, the lever F is free to swing up, so that when a couplinglinkC is passed into the opening B the arrowshaped head D or D passes underthe said lever F and raises the latter until the link C has passedsufficiently far into the opening B so that the lever F drops onto thefront oi' the shoulder E or E', respectively. The operator then insertsthe pin I, so that the lever F is locked in place, and the latter locksthe coupling-link C in position in the draw-head. (See Figs. 4 and 5.)The car to be coupled to has its pin I removed from the draw-head, so

that when the two cars are now moved toward each other the projectinghead D or D of the coupling-lilik passes into the opening B of theopposite draw-head and raises the lever F until the latter drops overthe shoulder E or E, after which the pin I is inserted to lock the leverF in place. The oars are then coupled.

When the operator desires to uncouple the cars, the pin I in either ofWthe draw-heads is removed, the lever F is raised by inserting pin Iunder the lever F, or the latter is raised from the side of the car andthe latter moved away from the other car, so that the couplinglink iswithdrawn from the draw-head.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a caracoupling, the combination of adraw-head having a linkopening and a transverse slot intersectingthelink-opening, a lever pivoted in the slot, and means for locking thelever in position, substantially as dei scribed.

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2. In a car-coupling, the combination of a B, thel opening K, and recessK', of a, headed drawhead having a link-opening and a translink, thetransversely-extending lever F, pivverse and tapering slot intersectingthe linkoted in the slot, and the angular pin l, havopening, a leverpivoted in the slot and exving one member entering opening K and its 5tending to one side of the ear, and a pin for other member fitting inthe recess K', sub- 15 locking the lever in position, substantially asstantially as herein shown and described.

herein shown and described. HOLIVE-R MEGORDEN.

3. In a car-coupling, the combination, with Witnesses: a draw-headprovided with the link-openin g B, FRANK. M. PIERCE,

[o the transverse slot H, intersecting the opening G. S. COO1ER.

